This page contains links to a selection of primary sources relevant to the Junior Cycle History course. As with my other notes, I have followed the order of the Artefact textbook.
Chapter 4: Culture and Society in Early Christian Ireland
The Confessions of St. Patrick
Chapter 5: Ancient Rome
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
The Twelve Tables of Roman Law
Pliny the Younger’s letters on Pompeii
Chapter 6: Life and Death in Medieval Times
Chapter 7: Medieval Ireland
Chapter 8: The Renaissance
Chapter 9: The Age of Exploration and Conquest
Columbus’ Letter to the Sovereigns
Letters of Hernan Cortes to Charles V
Chapter 10: The Reformation
Henry VIII’s Act of Supremacy, 1534
Chapter 11: The Plantations
Articles of the Plantation of Ulster
Chapter 12: The American Revolution
The Declaration of Independence
Chapter 13: The French Revolution
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
Chapter 14: The 1798 Rebellion
Chapter 15: Daniel O'Connell
Catholic Emancipation Act, 1829
Chapter 16: The Great Famine and the Irish Diaspora
The Irish Crisis by Charles Trevelyan
Chapter 17: Ireland 1884 - 1914: Politics, Culture and Sport
Letter from Archbishop Croke to Michael Cusack
Chapter 18: Ireland 1916-1923: The Struggle for Independence
The Proclamation of the Irish Republic
Chapter 19: Ireland during World War II: The Emergency
The Anglo-Irish Agreement, 1938
Chapter 20: An Important Decade: Ireland in the 1960
Chapter 21: The Troubles in Northern Ireland
The Widgery Report into Bloody Sunday, 1972
Chapter 22: Women in 20th Century Ireland
Chapter 23: World War I and its Consequences
Chapter 24: Life in Communist Russia
Chapter 25: Life in Fascist Germany
Chapter 26: The Causes of World War II
Nazi Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Chapter 27: World War II: A Detailed Overview
Soldier's diaries from World War II
Chapter 28: Genocide: Understanding and Key Examples
Transcript of the Nuremberg Trials